The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 2025, Tayla Strydom crossed the line in 1:31:10: 132nd of 431 women, faster than 69% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:30 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:32 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 2:02 more than the average race this season, going by 203 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 4:04v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:29v median −0:36
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Block 03 12:56Running 3 5:57v median −0:29
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 5:44v median −0:48
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:09v median −0:38
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:47v median −0:44
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 5:37v median −0:51
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Block 08 12:41Running 8 6:29v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 425
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 425 women who finished.